Castro grandstands, again. (Breves).Cuban President Fidel Castro Noun 1. Fidel Castro - Cuban socialist leader who overthrew a dictator in 1959 and established a Marxist socialist state in Cuba (born in 1927) Castro, Fidel Castro Ruz stole the spotlight at the U.N. International Conference on Financing for Development in Monterrey, Mexico last March, when he stormed out just as the event was beginning. Less than a day after his arrival, the dictator dictator, originally a Roman magistrate appointed to rule the state in times of emergency; in modern usage, an absolutist or autocratic ruler who assumes extraconstitutional powers. From 501 B.C. until the abolition of the office in 44 B.C., Rome had 88 dictators. told conference participants that he had to leave due to a "special situation created by my presence at this summit." Cuban representatives later said Mexican Foreign Relations Foreign relations may refer to:
If the allegations in a plaintiff's complaint are insufficient to establish that the person's legal rights have been violated, the defendant can make a , Mexico's leftist left·ism also Left·ism n. 1. The ideology of the political left. 2. Belief in or support of the tenets of the political left. left opposition legislators were quick to side with Cuba's version of the story. Political commentators speculated that Castro's show, and the resulting pressure against Castenada, who was once himself a communist but is now a Castro critic, were meant to influence Mexico's decision on whether to support an upcoming United Nations motion to condemn Cuba for its human rights record. Cuban officials last year accused Castaneda of supporting the motion, although Mexico ended up abstaining from the vote. |
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